As the Shinobi World's largest village, Konoha had a comprehensive defense system, arguably the most complete of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Outside Konoha, the Barrier Team had placed numerous sensory barriers along the village's perimeter. Anyone who trespassed would be sensed, located, and detected in an instant.
This information had come from Konoha's informants.
To launch a surprise attack and defeat the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, with maximum efficiency and minimal losses, then seize the Nine-Tails Fox, Nagato and the others couldn't storm Konoha through its main gate.
Otherwise, they would face the full might of the entire village.
Even Nagato, who wielded the power of the Rinnegan, wouldn't be so arrogant.
"Animal Path, go." Under Nagato's control, Asura Path, whose abilities included weapons and machinery, came up beside Animal Path, whose specialty was Summoning Technique. Then he hurled Animal Path toward the sky above Konoha with all his strength.
After flying more than four hundred meters forward and reaching the peak of her arc, Animal Path began plummeting rapidly toward Konoha below.
When setting up the barriers around Konoha, they had accounted for the possibility of enemies invading from the sky. The village's airspace was covered by sensory barriers too, leaving no blind spots. So the moment Animal Path breached the barrier, the village's Barrier Team detected her.
"Captain, the village barrier just sensed an enemy breaching it in midair, northwest of the village."
In a room beside the Hokage Building in Konoha, a member of the village's Barrier Team reported what they had just discovered.
"An enemy has breached the barrier from the air? And there's only one of them..." After his initial surprise, the Barrier Team Captain didn't immediately give an order. Instead, he weighed the pros and cons.
"Captain, should we report this to Lord